UNLV concluded the worst regular season in school history with a 72-59 loss at Fresno State on Saturday afternoon.

The loss meant the Runnin’ Rebels (11-20, 4-14), who tied Air Force (11-20, 4-14) for the basement in the Mountain West Conference, will go into the Mountain West Tournament as the No. 11 seed and will face old nemesis San Diego State (17-13, 9-9), the No. 6 seed, in Wednesday afternoon’s first round at 4 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center. The winner of that game then faces third-seeded Boise State (19-10, 12-6) in the quarterfinals on Thursday night at 8:30 p.m.

UNLV probably couldn’t have drawn a worse matchup than the Aztecs who have won 10 in a row over the Runnin’ Rebels and 19 of the past 23 meetings. San Diego State won both games this season by 13 points, 64-51 at the Thomas & Mack Center on Jan. 17, and 77-64 in San Diego on Feb. 19, and plays the kind of lockdown defense that figures to give the offensively-challenged UNLV major problems.

The Rebels, who snapped a school-record-tying nine-game losing streak with a 66-59 victory over Utah State on Wednesday, failed to build on it against the Bulldogs (19-11, 11-7).

UNLV was competitive for a little over six minutes, taking a 12-11 lead on a Kris Clyburn rebound with 13:40 to go in the first half. But the Rebels then went into one of their all-too-familiar offensive droughts, connecting on just two of their next 18 field goal attempts, and the Bulldogs responded by going on a 23-6 run en route to a 34-18 lead.

Fresno State led by as many as 21 points, 50-29, with 12:33 remaining. The Rebels, who shot just 35.8 percent including 4-of-20 from 3-point range, never got closer than nine points the rest of the way.